In the 1930s, a Pareto vogue in economics and in sociology emerged in the English-speaking world. In Italy, however, the Paretian episode was already well established by the early 1900s. Moreover, the character of the episode in Italy was quite different to that in other parts of the world: Pareto's influence was much more immediate, more extensive and more enduring, with many Italian economists investigating the relationship between economics and sociology based on Pareto's contributions. Perhaps the most distinctly Paretian contributions of this school were in the area of fiscal though. This study of the Paretian school and its 'fiscal sociology' is complemented by the inclusion of newly translated Paretian articles, by Gino Borgatta, Mauro Fasiani, Benvenuto Griziotti, Roberto Murray, Vilfredo Pareto and Guido Sensini, which were originally published in Italian in the Giornale degli Economisti between 1915 and 1949.
PART I: A MONOGRAPH ON PARETO'S SCHOOL AND ITS FISCAL THOUGHT
Introduction
Criteria for Assessing the Paretian Episode
Core Scientific Thought in Pareto's Major Works
The Giornale degli Economisti and Paretian Thought
Experimental Economics and the History of Economics
The 'Paretiani' and their Critics
Fiscal Politics and Fiscal Sociology: Murray, Griziotti and Sensini
Fiscal Redistribution and Growth: Gino Borgatta
Fiscal Decentralisation: An Epilogue to Paretian Fiscal Thought
Final Reflections on an Episode in Italian Thought
PART II: ARTICLES FROM THE GIORNALE DEGLI ECONOMISTI
'The Science of Public Finance, Fiscal Law and the Notion of State', by Robert A. Murray, 1915
Experimental Economics, by Vilfredo Pareto, 1918
The Scientific Study of Fiscal Phenomena, by Gino Borgatta, 1920
Outline of Theoretical Public Finance, by Guido Sensini, 1929
At the School of Vilfredo Pareto and Maffeo Pantaleoni, by Benvenuto Griziotti, 1949
Pareto's Contributions to the Science of Public Finance, by Mauro Fasiani, 1949